Fifty-six years ago, an angry drag queen in Compton’s Cafeteria, a 24-hour diner in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, threw a cup of hot coffee in the face of a police officer as he tried to arrest her without a warrant.
Fifty-six years ago, an angry drag queen in Compton’s Cafeteria, a 24-hour diner in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, threw a cup of hot coffee in the face of a police officer as he tried to arrest her without a warrant.
Fifty-six years ago, an angry drag queen in Compton’s Cafeteria, a 24-hour diner in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, threw a cup of hot coffee in the face of a police officer as he tried to arrest her without a warrant.
The Menominee Tribe considers the lands, which span Michigan and Wisconsin across the Menominee River, culturally and historically significant. But a Michigan board's decision to approve historic designation for the site angers some Upper Peninsula lawmakers, who say it will interfere with the proposed Back Forty mining project.